
MY BROTHER-IN-LAW
Caelen valentine lives life with reckless charm—rich, desirable, and emotionally unavailable. As the heir to an empire of luxury hotels and secrets, he’s used to getting away with everything, especially hearts. But when a one-night mistake turns into a scandal, Caelen finds himself trapped in the deadliest consequence of his glittering life—he’s gotten the wrong girl pregnant.
Not just any girl—Aria Throne, the innocent sister of the most feared mafia lord in the city.
Lucian Throne doesn’t forgive. He doesn’t negotiate. He kidnaps.
For Caelen, it should’ve been the end.
But Lucian isn’t prepared for the chaos Caelen brings into his meticulously controlled world. The golden boy with a sharp tongue, smirking defiance, and maddening vulnerability begins to chip away at the steel walls Yuvraaj has built around himself.
What starts as vengeance turns into obsession.
Hostage turns into houseguest.
Hatred turns into hunger.
As forbidden emotions twist into dangerous desires, both men must confront the truth: there’s more at stake than just revenge and pride. A child. A legacy. And a love that could destroy them both.
In a world of blood ties and betrayal, will they choose love—or war?
Basahin
Chapter: 15. ARIA'S ENGAGEMENTCAELEN VALENTINE’S POVI stand by my window, staring at the familiar front yard through the early evening haze. The twilight paints everything in soft gold and violet—a rare beauty made strange by the figure standing on my lawn.My pulse quickens as I recognize him.Lucian Thorne.It’s been three months since he appeared on my doorstep to apologize—a moment that shattered and shifted everything. Three months since I started rebuilding my walls, reclaiming my life—and my heart.But seeing him again, even from a distance, sets those fragile bricks tumbling.He takes a hesitant step forward. Hands buried in coat pockets. Distant, uncertain. I suddenly realize I feel the same. Part of me wants to slam the door shut, make him disappear. Another part craves his presence like a dull ache.He looks at me—hope flickering in his dark eyes.My breath catches.After another second of stillness, I make my way down the hallway, each footfall deliberate. My heart pounds so loud I’m sure he can hear
Huling Na-update: 2025-07-12
Chapter: 14. LUCIAN APOLOGIZE TO CAELENLUCIAN THORNE’S POVThe moment I storm into the room where Ilya waits, my body aches with betrayal so raw it feels like fire eating me from the inside out. Every step echoes with fury. Every breath labors under the weight of deception.Ilya, my loyal bodyguard—my brother-in-arms for years—stands there with a mixture of propriety and fear chiseled across his face. When he sees me coming, his calloused hands clench at his sides. I can smell the fear on him—slightly metallic, like blood in boiling water.Inayat steps forward. Soft, delicate, but unshakable. Even in that moment, she's a prism of light—her calm voice breaks through my rage.“Lucian, stop! Don’t hurt him.”I shrug her off, fury snapping my arm away. “You don’t understand, Aria!” I roar. “He betrayed me. Betrayed our family.”She remains firm. “Lucian, listen. Ilya didn’t know—he didn’t know of the pregnancy.”My fists hang at my sides. Ilya’s face flushes with shock, his eyes wide as he struggles to find words.“Aria,” I de
Huling Na-update: 2025-07-11
Chapter: 13. LUCIAN FOUND OUT THE TRUTHLUCIAN THORNE’S POVAs Caelen stormed out of the study, I watched him from my seat—back rigid, fingers steepled beneath my chin. His eyes had been blazing with fury, pain, confusion. But most of all, betrayal.That’s what stung the most.Not his accusations. Not his defiance. But the fact that no matter what I did to protect him, he always saw me as the villain.The heavy oak door swung shut behind him, his footfalls echoing down the marbled hallway like distant gunshots.I didn't move.Ilya stood just outside, his usual stillness laced now with a palpable tension. I could feel it bleeding through the walls.Moments later, he entered, his broad shoulders filling the doorway. His expression was tight, jaw clenched with remorse and something else—something I couldn’t name yet."Lucian," he began, voice deep and hoarse. "I lost control. I'm sorry."I didn’t look at him. I stared at the swirling black in my glass of whiskey instead. “You laid a hand on him.”Ilya straightened. “He provoke
Huling Na-update: 2025-07-10
Chapter: 12. CAELEN CHALLENGES LUCIAN?CAELEN VALENTINE’S POVThe tires screeched slightly as I pulled up to the wrought-iron gates of Thorne Manor. The sight of the massive estate made my breath catch in my throat—a gilded cage draped in shadows. A fortress carved from stone and secrets.I hadn’t been here in weeks, not since I’d escaped the grip of Lucian Thorne and his madness. But I was back now—because the past doesn’t die just because you want it to. It haunts, lingers, waits… and then it stalks you.I killed the engine and stepped out, the afternoon sun dim behind heavy clouds. Even the light here felt suffocated. The mansion loomed above me like some slumbering beast, and yet my feet moved forward of their own accord.I was done running.I rang the bell.After a long pause, the door creaked open, revealing a butler as polished and stone-faced as the rest of this mansion. His cold eyes swept over me, and he tilted his head. “Can I help you, sir?”“I’m here to see Lucian,” I said sharply, chin raised. “I don’t need an
Huling Na-update: 2025-07-09
Chapter: 11. CAELEN'S GOT A NEW PROBLEMCAELEN VALENTINE’S POVThe sun was warm on my skin, golden rays soaking into my jacket as I strolled down the street, a paper cup of coffee cradled in my hand. It had been two weeks—two whole weeks—since I had walked away from Thorne Manor. Two weeks of stillness. Of solitude. Of waking up without the weight of Lucian Thorne’s presence pressing against my soul.I was finally breathing again. Or so I thought.But as I turned the corner onto a quieter street, a shiver crept up my spine. A crawling sensation, like eyes... watching me. Again.It wasn’t the first time I’d felt it.At first, I brushed it off as nerves. Trauma. A phantom wound from everything I’d been through. But this time—it felt different. This wasn’t just paranoia whispering from the dark corners of my mind. No, this was real. My skin prickled. My instincts screamed. I was being watched.I tried to act normal, sipping my coffee, quickening my pace just enough to appear casual. The rhythm of my boots against the sidewalk g
Huling Na-update: 2025-07-08
Chapter: 10. FINALLY BACK HOME- HELLCAELEN VALENTINE’S POVThat night, I stayed with Aria.She clung to me like I was the last solid thing in her crumbling world, her quiet sobs pressing against my chest. I held her, our bodies curved into one another, not out of romance, not out of lust—just something raw and human. The desperate need to be held, to be understood.Her tears soaked my shirt, her breaths growing calmer as exhaustion claimed her. I ran my fingers through her hair, slow and careful, anchoring her—anchoring myself.Somewhere in that silence, I found peace. A fragile, fleeting kind, but peace nonetheless.I watched her sleep for what felt like hours. Her features softened, free from fear, free from Lucian’s suffocating shadow. In that moment, she didn’t look like someone carrying pain too vast for her frame. She looked like someone I could protect. Someone I would protect.I had made my choice. Tomorrow, I would leave this cursed house behind. I would take Aria and the child—our child—far away from Lucian T
Huling Na-update: 2025-07-07